The Club leadership, including Co-Presidents Emilee Edmonds and Preston Porter, Secretary Phillip Derrickson and Treasurer Joël Rael organized a welcome-back meeting, with pizza, on September 15th, to get things going for the year. The club is planning a trip, construction project and, perhaps, a new T-shirt. If interested in joining, please check them out on… Read more »
Departmental News
M57 photo
The main event last Thursday in the IUSB Observatory was an attempted exoplanet detection with students Emilee Edmonds, Phillip Derrickson, and Liz Turpin — data still to be analyzed. But I stuck around afterward for a while and took this photo of M57, the Ring Nebula. It’s a 120-second exposure with active guiding, after adjusting… Read more »
Prof. Scott Interviewed by WSBT Regarding Upcoming (Fingers Crossed!) Artemis Launch
Prof. Henry Scott was interviewed on August 23rd by WSBT reporter Ronnie Das about the upcoming Artemis launch and plans to get humans back to the moon. Here’s a link to the interview: WSBT.com.
Physics Club Active for Welcome Week
Club leadership got things off to a great start with well-staffed, and equipped, table to greet returning students for Welcome Week.
Brian Davis Interviewed by WSBT on Solar Flares
Prof. Brian Davis was interviewed on August 3rd by WSBT reporter Ronnie Das about increasing solar activity. From the article and accompanying video interview: “If you have enough of a solar flare, a strong enough event, it can compress the Earth’s magnetic field a little bit like hitting one side of a balloon and that… Read more »
I happened to notice this plaque…
…the other day as I was leaving Notre Dame’s Nuclear Science Lab. I was not aware that Luis Morales (IUSB Physics BS ’14) was a co-recipient of this award in 2020. The award is named for a grad school friend of mine, who returned to serve as the director of accelerator operations for the lab… Read more »
Alum Update: Gregory Warrell ’10
Dr. Gregory Warrell graduated from IUSB with a B.S. in Physics in 2010. Subsequently, he earned Ph.D. in Physics with a Concentration in Medical Physics from the University of Toledo, in 2016, along with a Residency in Medical Physics at Case Western Reserve University / University Hospitals Cleveland. Since 2016 he’s held the position of Therapeutic… Read more »
2022 Commencement
We had a great group of graduates this year, with seven students completing our B.S. in Physics: Kelly Allen Jo Alters Cody Cripe Angel Garcia-Simental Jose Jara Christian Rugelio Nathan Walkowski Additionally, Daniel Warrell (brother of Gregory Warrell, who earned a Physics B.S. in 2010, and has recently been featured in an Alumni Update) completed… Read more »
Congratulations to Our 2022 Award Winners!
The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences hosted an in-person Honors Night on May 5th, where several current and existing physics majors received scholarships and awards. Jordan Edwards, who will graduate after the Fall 2022 semester, received our Departmental Excellence Award. Despite the logistical challenges related to initiating theoretical research during the pandemic, all via… Read more »
Alum Update: Nathan Smith ’11
Nathan graduated from IUSB in 2011 with a B.S. in physics and minors in both math and computer science. He worked at the Center for Research Computing at Notre Dame as a Research Programmer for a few years before joining Aunalytics, a local data-platform company. During his time at Aunalytics, he has led the development… Read more »